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| 1 Dollar piece (Hong Kong) |
| Value: |
1.00 HKD |
| Mass: |
7.10 g |
| Diameter: |
25.50 mm |
| Thickness: |
1.95 mm |
| Edge: |
milled |
| Composition: |
75%Copper, 25%Nickel |
| Years of minting: |
1866 –1869, 1960 – present |
| Catalog number: |
- |
| Obverse |
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| Design: |
Bauhinia |
| Designer: |
Joseph Yam |
| Design date: |
1992 |
| Reverse |
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| Design: |
1 with value in English and Chinese |
| Designer: |
Joseph Yam |
| Design date: |
1992 |
The one dollar coin was first issued in 1866 as a silver coin of 38 mm, 26.96 grams and 2.80mm thick. This issue lasted only three years with a reported mintage of 2,109,000 coins for all years, separate statistics of each years mintage are unavailable. The second issue was started in 1960 as a copper-nickel coin of 30 mm in diameter, 2.25 mm thick and weighing 11.66 g. The circulation of this coin was ended in 1978 with the issuance of a smaller coin of 25.50 mm in diameter, 1.95 mm thickness and weighing 7.10 g.
Second issue of 1960-1977.
All issues until 1993 have the reigning English monarch and with the Chinese characters and English words for 圓 (maan) one dollar, and 香港 Hong Kong. In 1993 Queen Elizabeth the Second was replaced with the Bauhinia flower. In 1997 a commemorative issue with a Chinese unicorn on the reverse was issued for the hand over of Hong Kong back to China.
[edit] References
- Ma Tak Wo 2004, Illustrated Catalogue of Hong Kong Currency, Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., LTD. Kowloon, Hong Kong.ISBN 962-85939-3-5
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